If the world was a more magical place, you could send your children off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to be reared into adulthood without any effort from you. (Wouldn’t that be lovely?

I realize that I’m about to voice what is probably going to be a very unpopular opinion. I also don’t think there’s any way to make it less of a slap in the face, so I’m just going to go out and say ...